March 26th Sunrise Rotary meeting recap (Mar. 28, 2024)

Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary Club

March 26, 2024 | Meeting Recap

Janet Zeschin – March 27

Terese Mueller - April 1, 1988 Teresa has been a member 36 years but with our Club since Apr 1, 2019

Bob and Nancy Alexander – March 28, 1981

Announcements:

Matching grant applications are available through March 31! Recognizing that Sunrise Rotarians support various local nonprofits, the Matching Grants Program doubles a member’s donation up to $200. If a club member gives $200, EVSR will match that $200 and the nonprofit will receive $400. Eligible local nonprofits must be registered with the Estes Park Nonprofit Resource Center (EPNRC). Certain international nonprofits will be allowed: Rotary Charities, YMCA, and Salvation Army.

Duck Race tickets are on sale at https://www.epduckrace.org/

Bill Howell announced that his neighbor gave $1500 to our Club because they totally support what we do. $1000 of that will go to two youth groups and $500 will go towards our Ecuador Clean Water Project.

"Save the Date" for an upcoming joint social with Noon Rotary on Thursday, May 30th at High Peak Camp. The Salvation Army has this camp for a retreat of inner city kids to have an experience at a camp. They have a large eating area and the food is served cafeteria style. There will be a tour includes seeing the dorms, etc. Stay tuned for more info to come.

D5440 Spring Virtual Assembly is Saturday, April 13^th from 9am-11:30am on Zoom. Register here. Breakout sessions featured are:
- Grant Training (training is required to do District Grants as a club)
- Public Image Training and Ideas
- Club Vibrancy – understanding your Club’s attrition vs attraction data and how to use it
- President and President-Elect Session

D5440 Conference in Steamboat Springs is May 16-19
o   The Service Project for this Conference is to support the efforts of CRUTCHES 4 AFRICA. We are starting now to collect Mobility devices including: * crutches, ankle boots, walkers, wheelchairs, canes, leg braces, knee braces, prosthetic legs, air casts, baby jogging strollers, bicycle trailers, rollators, ski poles, etc.

o   Our Silent Auction entry will be an “Estes Park Getaway” package. Scott Thompson donated two nights in his Condo (during offseason), Cabin Fever donated a mug, Colorado Homestead will donate something and we plan to get a coffee gift card from either Inkwell & Brew or Kind Coffee, among other donations. Proceeds from the Silent Auction will also go to CRUTCHES 4 AFRICA.

Women in Rotary Conference

“Women in the Rockies” conference is July 26-28 in Westcliff, Colorado. 6 or 7 members from our Sunrise Rotary Club have expressed interest in attending. but please confirm with Jean if you are interested in attending so we can get a headcount.

Click below for more information.

Women in the Rockies

Rotary Logo Apparel

Looking for some Rotary logo'd apparel and or gear? Have a look at the catalog at https://russellhampton.com/

Please Log your Volunteer Hours!

Please remember to log your volunteer hours each week when you sign in. Please log hours retroactive from July 1st for any Rotary or non-Rotary volunteer opportunities you have been involved in. Thank you!

Today's 3 Programs

1) Topic: MacGregor Ranch Riverscape Project, presented by Todd Jirsa, Morgan Morris, Ranch Business Office Manager and 4 other members from the Larimer Conservation District, Partner for MacGregor Ranch.

There are over 3000 Conservation Districts across the US to address local resource concerns who work primarily with private landowners; Holistic Watershed Management with encompasses forest restoration, riverscape restoration and agricultural solutions. They spoke about the current as well as the upcoming service projects this summer on the Black Canyon creek. Projects are to mitigate future flood issues and slow down the speed of the River.

2) Topic: Community Garden Service project with Rotary Interact Club, presented by Dave Boon, Ft Collins "After Work" Rotary Club and Ren Gobris, EVCG President Board of Directors

Project is to build Garden Spaces at EP Housing Authority Site – Dave’s Rotary Club in Ft Collins did this project with the Ft Collins HS with the Housing Authority last year. Dave has contacted EP Schools Superintendent Ruby Bode, EP Horticulture Club, Youth in Action at the High School, the Middle School Interact Club and the EP Housing Authority. Dave has orchestrated this project in Estes Park to build eight 4’x10’ raised beds for Falcon Ridge as a Pilot project. EP HS will pre-build the boxes. They also need some Elk/Deer proof fencing.

3) Topic: RYLA and YRYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards), presented by Dave Boon, Ft Collins "After Work" Club

Dave let us know that Sunrise Rotary has 2 applications open for YRYLA and 1 application open for RYLA.

Rotary clubs in districts 5440 and 5450, throughout Northern Colorado, Wyoming, Eastern Idaho and Western Nebraska sponsor students to participate in these 5-day leadership conferences known as Rocky Mountain RYLA.

The RYLA Conference for 240 participants is held at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado. This conference is also referred to as Senior RYLA.

Any high school sophomore or junior may apply to attend RYLA. Generally, applicants selected have excelled in one or more areas of high school involvement and have potential or proven leadership experience.

Learn more and apply now!

Coming Up (check schedule on ClubRunner here)

April 2 - Young Chautauquas, Kathrine Dumont
April 9 - Team Meetings
April 16 - Salud Update, Doug Frisbee
April 23 - Veterans Community Project, Melissa Gruber

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